Nice day for a white wedding........

Morning people and Happy Monday!


Wow the weekends gone quick hasnt it? We attended my step sisters wedding on Saturday and had a lovely time. it was slightly stressful getting everyone ready and trying to keep them all clean til we left but we managed it!

My outfit was bought entirely from ebay (well you wouldnt expect anything less from me would you?) and I was pretty chuffed with the result! I wore black strapless dress with (dunno how you would describe it) cinderella hem? Hankie hem? Parachute??? Dunno but it went up and down in seperate layers! This was from Jane Norman (bought new). Over this I wore a mint green mohair shrug from New Look (new with tags). My Dotty P's black and white cross stap mary janes- I originally wanted to wear my peep toe shoes but the weather and the fact that I had the kids with me meant I went a bit more practical with my footwear. Jewellery was a lovely 3 strand imitation pearl necklace with bow fastening and a pair of pearl drop earrings. A green bracelet was need to cover up my disaterous fake tan lines (tip do not fake tan the night before a do as it will alway look bad/ streaky!)and a huge green cocktail ring.

I can safely say my dress stayed up all day which was a worry for me given it it strapless and was very comfortable. I felt really nice even if my hair went a tad frizzy from being straightened!

Ive included a pic of my mum and I at the wedding. She looked very much the mother of the bride and wore a fushia skirt suit with black tights and some wicked patent shoes with purple heels (I should have taken a pic they are so fab!). shame shes only a size 3 else I would have thrifted (pinched) them lol. i look blimming awful in that pic as I was very flushed and felt bad as I was full of (man) flu!








Todays outfit I wanted a bit of colour in my outfit so I went for: Long black skirt with flower hem and sequins- 99p via, yes you guessed it, ebay! Black puff sleeve jumper from Primark with a black cami under. I teamed this with my raspberry tights bought from Primark ages ago- only £1.00 and the most comfy tights I own and my new black ballet pumps bought last week from Tescos. Simple purple butterfly necklace and purple drop earrings.

I must admit I was dreading going out in these tights! I have worn them before but alway covered them up with my boots so to have them on full show was a big thing! I got a few looks walking into school this morning but I dont care, they will have to get used to it 'as the blue ones I bought the other day are still to come lol.

Excuse the state of my horrid sofa the cat has decided its his scratching post! Roll on a few months time when I can get a new one!










Anyway looong post! Hope you all have a lovely day whatever you are doing!

Nothing to do but frown rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

Happy Friday everyone!


Now I know its Friday and not Monday but judging by the miserable weather today this song lyric was pretty apt. Im run down and feel full of cold so a quick trip to Tescos this morning to buy a multi vit and some eichenea (sp??). I also had a nose upstairs at the vast clothes section and I found these shoes. Ive been after some black flat pumps for a while but wanted something a little bit different, and these fit the bill perfectly. At £10 they are very reasonable and I will get loads of wear out of them (well I will if the rain/ snow ever stops?). they look patent in the pic but they are leather (well pleather lol).

So on a roll I decided to nip into Peacocks before I headed home and got these colbat blue tights in the sale a bargain at £1.50. I think they will go great with my black pencil skirt and the black pumps as Im going to try the nautical look. All I need to do is get some brass buttons to change the plain black ones on my skirt and maybe a stripey vest top and a red cardi?

Anyway not much of a haul but its cheered me up! Today I went for comfy as I slept badly and woke up late (story of my life).

Im wearing: black and white flower tunic dress- Oasis via ebay. This did have one of those tie things you tie at the back but I cut it off as it was so bulky and I think they add pounds anyway.
Scoop neck 3/4 length sleeve top- Matalan.
black leggings- Tescos (it was cold out though so I think I will chuck some tights on under these when I go out again later).

And to contrast the black I decided to go clashing with my outerwear. So I wore my electric blue mac and pink sequin beret. My butterfly brown bag and some brown jewellery completes the outfit. boring brown boots again but these are so good for this weather!

I have a busy afternoon ahead as Jasmine has her first dance class this afternoon, I really hope she enjoys it.


Have a good day everyone!

You're making me dizzy my head is spinning......

Happy Thursday everyone- or plastic Friday as we used to call it at work (yes I wished my days away til the weekend!)

Im knackered today no reson for it maybe too much cooking and washing up yesterday- wish we had a dishwasher!

Well after my disaterous outfit choice yesterday (well maybe not but made me feel awful) I decided I would go back to what I know suits me and that is a skirt! And what a skirt, I love it, I love it, I love it! Did I mention I love this skirt? Its so bright and cheers me up when I wera it. The last time I wore this I paired it with tights but instantly felt too, I dunno, vunerable? Its quite a thin cotton so will be great in summer but in this weather it has to be put over leggings. Its weird isnt it? Leggings are not that much thicker than tights but they instantly make me feel more secure, anyone else get that?

I really wanted to wear it with black tights and my green mary janes but have played it safe and gone for the leggings and biker boots. Im kidding myself that the boots toughen it up and dont make me look frumpy lol.

I have teamed this with a long sleeve black v neck top with a turquoise cami under for modesty as this tops kinda low. Green and white buttefly necklace and matching long dangly butterfly earrings (love these have to wear them with a certain outfit) so kept everything toned down to let the skirt do the talking!


Oh and theres also a pic of the muffins I made yesterday- they were a bit browner *cough burnt* on the top but they taste fine...well according to the kids and the man they do I havent had one yet. Excuse the massive cage in the pic thats my guinea pigs!

Anyway have a good day everyone!

Ps check out the swishy spinning pic I want to do this all day in this skirt!

I feel inclined to blow my mind .Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Well all I can say today is bluergh!

Im in a real dilema over my outfit today, I really dont know about this top. Ive tried various ways of wearing it, mostly tucked into flared jeans, but today I decided to team it with my trusty skinnies. But I just dont know if I feel right in it? Maybe I need to get rid? I do love it for its hippy style and comfy shape. Firstly I tried it with a wide slouchy belt worn low on my hips, then tried it without....mmmmm dunno, this it makes me look too big...what do you think? Keep it or ebay it? If you had this top how would you wear it?

Along with my skinny jeans I wore my flat moccasin stlye boots with tassles, a green and cream disk necklace and a pair of silver buttefly earrings.

Baking didnt get underway yesterday so thats the job for this afternoon plus I have bought more veg to make a batch of soup.....may upload some pics of my muffins later if they turn out ok.


Excuse the orbs on the main shots they are always tons when I take a pic in my living room lol

Jean Genie....

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Weather is still bad here, roads are ok but the pavements are still full of ice/ snow. Im so bored of winter now it used to be my favourite season but Ive gone beyond being over the snow now.

My outfits seem so boring at the minute as they are totally dictated to by the weather. So I tried to bring some sunshine into my life via my outfit today.

I wore: Lemon and white checked cotton smock top- M+S via ebay
Purple roll sleeve cropped cardi- Next (bought full price when I had money- I now think of all the things I could have bought with the price of this one cardi lol).
Dark blue skinny flare jeans M+S via ebay- I love M+S jeans they fit so well- these ones were too long so I chopped them and hemmed them with wonderweb lol
Brown long pirate boots- Clarks - via ebay.

Double wrap purple and red stone necklace
butterfly ring (tried to get a good pic of this but this was the best I could get), its so big now I have to wear it on my thumb but I love it so much I wont get rid of it until I find an equally pretty alternative!
small pink stone love heart earrings
and my pink sequin beret when I went out (and my coat of course but thats black and boring so I havent pictured that!).

Plan to do some baking this afternoon with the little un- either banana bread or banana muffins- something with bananas anyway as I have a few on the turn.

How do you all keep yourselves going outfit wise in this dreary prolonged season? any tips most appreciated!

Have a good day everyone :)

It's too quiet in here and I'm beginning to freeze. I've got icicles hanging from my knees. Under fifteen feet of pure white snow.......

Happy Monday everyone!

Hope the weather is treating you well where you are!

We have had another bout of bad bad snow here- been snowing since 11am yesterday morning. Our drive to the school (10 miles across town) was put to a halt this morning when we failed to stop going down a hill!!

Luckily Jamie is a demon driver and managed to steer us into a verge next to a field...then we couldnt get back up the hill to go home and got stuck for half an hour!! So after a 20 mile detour (I kid you not) I have decided thats it way too dangerous out there and kept all 3 kids off for a snow day today. Mother Nature is now laughing at me behind her hand as we have had bright hazy sunshine since we got home....C'est la vie!

Anyway as a result of this my outfit today is not worth mentioning- think comfort, warmth and furry slippers a-gogo.

So I thought Id share in my latest ebay purchases.

Topshop Butterfly necklace, have been stalking this for a week now and was the only bidder on it.....dunno if that says much for my taste but I dont care I love it!





Shoes!! Ive been after a pair of black Mary Janes for a while now as the last pair I had were worn into the ground- I have a green pair but wanted black...when I saw these I thought they were an unusual alternative.






What do you think? Good purchase or bad choice?